Recent advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART) — like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) paired with preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) — provide intended parents at-risk for having a child with a genetic disease the option of screening embryos. By determining...
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is a process chosen by some individuals and couples at risk for passing on a genetic disease. Embryo cryopreservation, also known as freezing embryos, is a necessary part of the PGT process since it takes a few weeks to receive...
When you first begin the preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) process, you may not think about what happens after embryo transfer or the possibility of having extra embryos for a future frozen embryo transfer. However, if you do have embryos that weren’t used...
Mutations in the BRCA genes give women an elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer — this is known as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. According to the National Cancer Institute, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor suppressor genes: in other...
For half of couples experiencing infertility, a factor in the male partner is identified as causing or contributing to their difficulties in getting pregnant. This can be a surprising statistic for patients who may have assumed that the root cause was more likely to...
